HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR SWP No. 1577/2018 Reserved on: 20.04.2026 Pronounced on: 06.05.2026 Uploaded on:06 .05.2026 Whether the operative part or full judgment is pronounced: Full

1.Tabassum Qadir Parray D/O Sh. Abdul Qadir Parray

2. Meyank Gupta son of Sh. Lalit Gupta

3.Sajad ur Rehman son of Abdul Rahim Dar

4. Altaf Hussain Khan son of Nazir Mohd Khan Petitioners Through: - Mr. Salih Pirzada Advocate vs High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and another …Respondent(s)

Through: -Mr. M.I.Qadiri Advocate for R-1 Mr. Waseem Gul G.A. for R-2 Mr. Showkat Ali Khan Advocate for R-3 to 17 Mr. Faheem Nisar Shah G.A. for R-18 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR,JUDGE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PARIHAR JUDGE

JUDGMENT

Sanjeev Kumar, J

1 The idiom “to have your cake and eat it too” completely fits in the controversy raised and the relief prayed for in this petition.

2. In this petition, the petitioners have, inter alia, prayed for the following reliefs:

(i) writ, order or direction in the nature of writ of certiorari to quash the seniority list of Munsiffs issued by the High Court vide order No. 728 dated 19.11.2011 wherein the petitioners have been shown at S. Nos. 31, 32, 3